Defining the high-risk surgical patient -- The frail patient in the operating room: practical steps to reduce the operative risk -- The high risk surgical patients: the pathophysiologic perspective -- Monitoring and interpretation of vital signs in the high risk surgical patients -- Evaluation and critical care management of the burn patients -- Acid-base abnormalities in surgical patients admitted to intensive care unit -- Pre-operative cardiovascular risk assessment in non-cardiac general surgery -- Post-operative liver failure and pre-operative evaluation of the risk of surgery in patients with liver disease -- Radiology for surgeons: improving the diagnostic accuracy in the high risk surgical patient -- Oncologic emergencies in patients undergoing major surgery -- The paediatric high risk surgical patients -- Difficult intubation in high-risk surgical patients -- Recognition and early management of sepsis in frail patients -- Preoperative evaluation for complex pulmonary surgery: how can we balance the risk? -- Assessment of pre-operative risk in complex cardiac surgery -- Patient safety in surgery: strategies to achieve the best outcomes in high-risk surgical patients -- Strategies to reduce the risk of post-operative pulmonary complications -- Prevention and management of perioperative neurological complications in high-risk surgical patients -- Acute aortic syndrome: a high-risk missed diagnosis in ED -- Percutaneous Interventional Treatment of Structural Heart Diseases (Non-coronary) -- New technologies in urologic surgery: Robotic and minimally invasive procedures -- New Trends in vascular surgery: less open and more endovascular procedures -- New trends in laparoscopic procedures in the emergency abdominal surgery -- New trends in the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis -- Point of Care US in the preoperative evaluation of the high-risk surgical patient requiring urgent non-cardiac surgery -- Perioperative monitoring in the high-risk surgical patients: a step-by-step approach -- High-risk pancreatic anastomosis: Prediction, mitigation, and management of postoperative pancreatic fistula? -- Anaesthesia in high-risk surgical patients with uncommon diseases -- Perioperative management and surgical challenges in patients with spinal cord dysfunction -- Non-invasive ventilation in the high-risk surgical patients -- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for critically ill patients in the emergency department -- Perioperative management of major bleeding and coagulopathy in high-risk surgical patients -- The endovascular management of post-operative bleeding -- Evaluation and management of malnutrition in the high-risk surgical patient -- The role of selective drug therapy in reducing mortality in the high- risk surgical patients -- Mechanical Circulatory Support Strategies in Cardiogenic Shock -- Evaluation and management of patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) requiring non-cardiac surgical procedures -- Rescue surgery and failure to rescue -- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for GI neoplasms in frail patients -- Advanced therapeutic endoscopy for acute pancreatic and biliary diseases in frail patients -- Appropriate perioperative therapy in patients with chronic heart failure undergoing surgery -- Robot-assisted pancreatic surgery: safety and feasibility -- Advanced laparoscopic liver surgery: a safe therapeutic option -- Major complications in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery -- Major complications after oesophageal, gastrointestinal and bariatric surgery -- Major complications of vascular surgery -- Major complications of urologic surgery -- Major complications of thoracic surgery -- Major complications of cardiac surgery -- Major complications of abdominal organ transplantation surgery -- Corticosteroid insufficiency in high-risk surgical patients -- Rational use of antimicrobial therapy in septic surgical patients -- Major complications of heart transplant surgery -- Major complications of lung transplant surgery -- 3D printing technology in medicine: a personalized approach toward a safer surgical practice -- Multiorgan procurement for transplantation as a way to improve surgical education -- From "see one-do one-teach one" to hands-on simulation and objective assessment in surgical training -- New trends in medical education and mentoring by immersive virtual reality: a new tool for patient's safety -- Artificial Intelligence in the management of difficult decisions in surgery and operating room optimization -- Trauma Surgeons Training Programs -- Telemedicine for prehospital trauma care: a promising approach -- New trends in critical care assessment and management of the trauma patient -- Potentially preventable trauma deaths: A challenge for trauma care systems -- Updates in complex management of pancreatic trauma -- Updates in the management of complex renal trauma -- Updates in the management of complex chest trauma -- Updates in the management of complex cardiac injuries -- The ongoing dilemma of thoracoabdominal injuries: which cavity and when? -- Subclavian vessels injuries: an anatomical challenge to the surgeon -- Management of Complex Laryngotracheal Injuries: a Challenging Surgical Emergency -- Complex duodenal injuries: a trend toward less invasive surgery -- Abdominal and Peripheral Vascular injuries: critical decisions in trauma -- Updates in the management of complex craniofacial injuries -- Non-operative management of blunt traumatic injuries -- Recent advances in minimally invasive surgery for spinal trauma -- Current perspectives of interventional radiology in trauma -- Strategies to control haemorrhage in trauma patients -- Selective use of anaesthetics in patients with major trauma -- Lifesaving and Emergency Surgical Procedures in Trauma Patients -- ECMO in trauma patients -- The role of trauma surgeon in mass casualties .